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| | Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful     |
| | Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/email.html |
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| | Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word |
| | Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/attachments.html |
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| | Burn All GIFs |
| | Campaign for replacing the (formerly) patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics. Since the GIF formats has become patent-free, the site advocates against software patents.
http://burnallgifs.org/archives/ |
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| | Content Management and Edit Data Exchange |
| | Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content.
http://www.edlmax.com/ContentManagement.htm |
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| | Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards |
| | Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
http://xml.coverpages.org/patents.html |
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| | Linux Standard Base |
| | The goal of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) is to develop and promote a set of standards that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software applications to run on any compliant Linux system.
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/LSB |
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| | LinuxLab - Open Standards |
| | Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content.
http://linuxlab.dk/openstandards/ |
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| | MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format |
| | Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.
http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/no-word/attach.html |
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| | No Proprietary Binary Data Formats |
| | Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
http://www.podval.org/~sds/data.html |
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| | Open Data Format Initiative |
| | Initiative aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store user data in open format. Presents its manifesto, forum, news, links to institutional resolutions.
http://odfi.org/ |
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